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Why fear is not a fundamentally negative emotion<\/h1>\n

\"AnxietyFear describes the feeling of being “exposed”<\/strong> as well as “uncanniness”<\/strong>. Although in most cases the feeling of fear is perceived as unpleasant, if not threatening, the feeling itself is also extremely useful: without fears our ancestors would hardly have been able to survive. And even in modern times, fear warns our brain of countless dangers. Fast approaching cars, abandoned parking garages at night, narrow dark alleys, angry faces and much more we unconsciously perceive as a threat. Our brain, especially a part of it: our limbic brain<\/a> warns us at lightning speed, even before we cognitively grasp the situation. Our “feeling brain” is significantly faster than our “thinking brain”. But anxiety can also have its cause in a mental disorder and thus be of a pathological nature <\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is meant by fear?<\/h2>\n

The term “anxiety”<\/strong> comes from the Latin verb ” angere<\/strong> ” and the Greek “agchein”<\/strong>, which translated into German means “to close the throat”<\/strong> or “<\/strong> to<\/strong> choke<\/strong> “<\/strong>. Internationally, this German word has become common in the context of existential philosophy and psychoanalysis. Unlike fear, which is clearly focused on an external danger, anxiety is considered indeterminate. It usually comes over people uncontrollably and involuntarily.
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In the field of psychology, a distinction is made here between a trait<\/strong> and a state<\/strong>: in the first form, this occurs in situations that are classified as dangerous, although there is no acute threat. State anxiety, on the other hand, represents a temporary emotion due to an actual danger.
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